07-04-2009, 10:55 AM
I posted this same question on the Model Railroad Hobbyist's forum, and received a couple of responses that I think others would find useful. The author of the Sergents article in the July issue reported that he tried mixing Kaddees with Sergents on a 28 inch radius and the cars derailed. Another person responded that the Sergents worked fine for him down to an 18 inch radius on 50 foot cars. This other person also reported that he had difficulty uncoupling closr coupled passenger cars with diaphragms with any sort of Sergents uncoupling tool. It looks to me like the Sergents will be very practical for my use on a home switching layout, but not practical on the club except on my own trains where I don't attempt to switch with other club members rolling stock. It also looks like the Sergents are completely out for use on passenger equipment art this time.